diff --git a/src/node_crypto.cc b/src/node_crypto.cc
index 69505a1e5f975a..76b6d4d5ec5c8b 100644
--- a/src/node_crypto.cc
+++ b/src/node_crypto.cc
@@ -2721,7 +2721,7 @@ static ParsePublicKeyResult ParsePublicKeyPEM(EVPKeyPointer* pkey,
 
   ParsePublicKeyResult ret;
 
-  // Try PKCS#8 first.
+  // Try parsing as a SubjectPublicKeyInfo first.
   ret = TryParsePublicKey(pkey, bp, "PUBLIC KEY",
       [](const unsigned char** p, long l) {  // NOLINT(runtime/int)
         return d2i_PUBKEY(nullptr, p, l);